Posted on 11/25/2023 4:28:20 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
CXO BOVODM BLYOW AD UTAK CXO QXLFFOIZ AD MAID
AU CXO NLV BZJO CXOR QZBBOM VLCQXO VEKOO
CXO BZJO, LC LW WZLM, DOYOT VLYOW EF XOT MOZM
IXOD CXO WJLOW AU DAYOKNOT CETD VBAAKRVATMAD BLVXCUAAC
The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram).
Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated, you’ll be solving them all within a few days. If you’re stumped, take a break and return to it.
PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and how you made out.
You can certainly send your solution to my private reply, or if you need a hint for today’s Cryptogram ASK THE GROUP FOR HELP!
I suggest printing these out and work them on paper. If you need a little help you can copy and paste it to Hal’s Helper below.
You can then work on the puzzle without using pen and paper, but I recommend that you do NOT look at the letter counter.
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
One last request. Feel free to post a fun or clever clue, the more tangential to the quotation the better, but please don’t put the actual words of the quote in the clue.
If you need a clue ask the group to send you a letter to your private reply.
4 minutes good
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2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior
FRWP MT EBP HYRHRXMFP ML EBP YMWPY RO XPTMYP. - UBKYEYMBKYM (H .625)Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
LOVE IS THE CROCODILE IN THE RIVER OF DESIRE. - BHARTRIHARI (C .625)
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Oh so that’s how you spell it
One of my favs.
I was doing it and then came back and saw that
Spooky
I once spent a few nights at the Hangdog Hotel.
Fellas, it’s bin good t’know ya!
That’s kinda creepy
It’s an incredibly evocative song. The author would have been a minstrel or scop if born in another time and place.
Thanks.
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